UNITED KINGDOM PROGRAM– FOR SUMMER 2008

The program is open to Jewish teenagers from the United Kingdom finishing Year 12 in July 2008.

The focus of this program is chesed – activities that will benefit all sectors of Israel society and Israelis in need of help, support, a smile and a hug.

DATES:
- Flight leaves London (Stansted) on Wednesday 30 July 2008
- Return flight leaves Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion) on Wednesday 20 August 2008

PROGRAM CONTENT:
The following aspects will form the basis of the "VolunTour Israel" Program:
* Running Day Camps for new immigrants at Absorption Centers
* Training as a Medical Clown and entertaining in hospitals
* Renovating bomb shelters and painting school walls
* Programme for Jewish and Arab children to study together
* Helping Israeli families affected by trauma
* Activities and support for ill and disabled children and the elderly
* Food collection and distribution for Israel's hungry

The programme will also include important holy and educational sites, outdoor adventures and an inspirational Tisha B'Av period in Jerusalem

TUITION:
£1595 (inclusive of £100 non-refundable application fee).

This price includes the return flight from London to Tel Aviv.
Participants will be responsible for additional costs of flights or transport from other parts of the United Kingdom to and from London and for any extra flight costs as a result of not joining the group flights or as a result of flight adjustments by the participant. Plane fares are subject to increases in air travel taxes until date of issuing of tickets. Participants will pay the additional amount should such eventuate.

APPLICATIONS:
The deadline for the first round of applications is December 30th, 2007.

Following receipt of your application, you may be requested to attend an interview via phone, internet live video link or with a VolunTour Israel representative in person.